See Also: board 2, verb(dictionary)
Board lot(finance)
above-board(dictionary)
Off-board(money)
Big Board(money)
on-board(dictionary)
Across the Board(money)
On board(finance)
Off board(finance)
across-the-board(dictionary)

board 2, verb (oh)



2 v
[I and T] formal to get on a bus, plane, train etc in order to travel somewhere
::The couple boarded the train for New York.
::Passengers were standing on the dock, waiting to board.
be boarding
if a plane or ship is boarding, passengers are getting onto it
::Olympic Airways Flight 172 to Istanbul is now boarding at Gate No. 37.
[I always + adverb/preposition] to stay in a room in someone's house that you pay for
::Several students boarded with Mrs. Smith.
[I] to stay at a school at night as well as during the day
::Dickie was sent away to school as soon as he was old enough to board.
board out [board sth ¡û¡ú out] phr v
to pay money and arrange for an animal to stay somewhere
::We'll have to board the cat out while we're away.
board up [board sth ¡û¡ú up] phr v
to cover a window or door, or all the windows and doors of a building, with wooden boards
::The shop was boarded up.